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IKO Driveway & Pavers: The Redwood City Owner’s Guide

We stock and install IKO-compatible driveway pavers and retaining-wall systems in Redwood City, with typical paver driveway replacement running $7,000-$18,000 installed and concrete driveway work at $4,500-$12,000. Most IKO paver consultations in Redwood City happen within 24-48 hours, and we carry common IKO permeable paver and Holland-style replacements on our trucks for the Peninsula’s clay-heavy soils. Homeowners usually notice the problem after rain: pooling water where pavers have settled, weed growth through joints that used to hold polymeric sand, or a surface that looks “chalky” where the IKO color layer has worn through on high-traffic strips.

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Which IKO Models This Applies To

IKO’s residential paver line breaks into three series that we see in Redwood City: the standard Holland Stone (4″ × 8″ × 2⅜”), the permeable Enviro-Pave for drainage-sensitive lots, and the thicker Mega-Stone for driveways with regular vehicle traffic. The label is stamped on the paver edge, though it’s often sand-blasted faint after five Peninsula winters. If you can’t read it, measure thickness: Holland is 2⅜”, Mega-Stone is 3⅛”.

We source OEM IKO where the color match matters, particularly on partial repairs where new pavers butt against faded ones. For full replacements, we often quote quality equivalents from Belgard or Techo-Bloc, which we also stock, because the price difference can run 15-20% without sacrificing the ASTM C936 spec that matters for freeze-thaw. The gotcha with IKO specifically: their older Enviro-Pave from pre-2018 runs a slightly different chamfer angle than current stock. We’ve learned to check that on Redwood City site walks, or the joint pattern looks “off” even when the color matches.

Signs Your IKO Driveway & Pavers Is Failing

• Sinking or tilting pavers in the tire path. This usually means the bedding sand layer has washed out or compacted unevenly, often because the geotextile fabric underneath tore during the original install. In Redwood City’s Adobe soil zones, clay expansion accelerates this once water finds a path through.
• Weeds pushing through joints that were previously clean. The polymeric sand binding the joints has degraded, which happens faster on south-facing driveways where UV breaks the polymer binder. It’s a maintenance item, but if ignored the sand loss lets water under the pavers and the real shifting starts.
• White haze or spalling on the surface. This is efflorescence, mineral salts migrating through the concrete matrix. On IKO pavers it often signals that the factory-applied color hardener layer is thin or worn, common on driveways with tight turning circles where tires scrub.
• Standing water 30 minutes after rain stops. Either the base slope is wrong, or permeable pavers have clogged with fine silt. Redwood City’s winter sheet-flow can overwhelm a system that was sized for lighter Peninsula rain patterns.
• Chipped corners spreading across the field. IKO pavers use a dry-cast process that’s durable but not indestructible. Corner chips mean impact damage or that the pavers were installed too tight against fixed edges, with no expansion joint for thermal movement.

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Replacement Cost & What’s Included

For IKO paver driveway replacement in Redwood City, our installed range is $7,000-$18,000 depending on square footage, base repair depth, and whether we need to haul off the old material to San Jose or handle it locally. Concrete driveway replacement runs $4,500-$12,000; asphalt paving is $3,500-$9,000. Driveway sealing, which extends IKO paver life by protecting the color layer, is $250-$700.

Every quote is flat and written before work starts, under Clause 1 of the Haven Standard. The price includes base excavation to 6″ minimum (deeper if we hit uncompacted fill), Class II road base, bedding sand, pavers laid to pattern, polymeric sand jointing, and compaction. We pull permits when Redwood City requires them, and every job gets a documented photo record, included, not optional. Our 365-Day Done Right Promise covers the installation; manufacturer defects on the IKO product itself run through IKO’s warranty.

DIY or Call Us?

An owner can safely check what’s failing: measure a few paver thicknesses, photograph the label stamp, note whether water drains or pools. What goes wrong with DIY paver replacement is the base. We’ve pulled up homeowner repairs in Redwood City where the new pavers looked fine for six months, then settled into the same bowl shape because the base wasn’t compacted in lifts or the geotextile was skipped to save $200.

There’s no high-tension danger here like a garage door spring, but there’s a hidden cost danger: buying pavers by the pallet, finding out your pattern has changed, eating the restock fee, and still having the original base problem. Measure twice, document once, build it so it doesn’t come back. Call (650) 560-7228 and we’ll price it in writing before anyone picks up a shovel.

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